In a competitive situation, Netflix has landed an untitled drama project starring and executive produced by Matthew McConaughey and Cole Hauser that comes from True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto and Skydance Sports , now part of Paramount, Deadline has confirmed.

Details are sketchy but the project is believed to be set in the world of football (college ot professional, it’s unclear) and it originated as a show about two brothers, played by McConaughey and Hauser, I hear.

The two actors have been friends for two decades (they starred together in the 1993 Dazed and Confused ), and have been kicking around the idea over that time.

This marks the latest collaboration between McConaughey and Pizzolatto. The Oscar winner starred opposite Woody Harrelson in the first season o

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